This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Adverbs > Adverbial Phrase – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adverbial Phrase Quiz 19 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. John is studying hard. He doesn't want to fail the exam. A) John is studying hard in order to not to fail the next exam. B) John is studying hard so as to fail the next exam. C) John is studying hard in order not to fail the next exam. D) John is studying hard in order that he not fail the next exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John is studying hard in order not to fail the next exam. 2. What does the adverb clause modify? When winter sets in, many animals hibernate in warm places. A) Hibernate. B) Warm places. C) Animals. D) Many animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hibernate. 3. Being tall for his age, we thought Charles was older than he was. A) Correct Adverbial Phrase. B) Incorrect Adverbial Phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect Adverbial Phrase. 4. An adverb gives more information about ..... A) The preposition. B) The adjective. C) The verb. D) The noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The verb. 5. Identify the prepositional phrase as "adjectival" or "adverbial."The two baby girls were snug under the soft, warm, pink blanket. A) Adjectival. B) Adverbial. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverbial. 6. What is the adverbial phrase in:'She arrived late to the party.'? A) Late to the party. B) She arrived late. C) Arrived at the party. D) Late to the event. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Late to the party. 7. Identify the clause in green ink as either an independent or subordinate clause.Although Kate is a writer, she works nights at a restaurant. A) Independent clause. B) Subordinate clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent clause. 8. It was hard to get up early but ..... I got used to it. Now I even like it. A) Basically. B) Obviously. C) Gradually. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gradually. 9. ..... CEO of a marketing company, Peter McKay worked as a sales representative. A) Became. B) Because becoming. C) Before becoming. D) Becoming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before becoming. 10. Which one of these words in the following sentence is a preposition?According to police, Miller was arrested immediately after he committed the crime. A) According to. B) Was. C) After. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) According to. 11. I had the meeting in the school's library, it was very boring. A) Time. B) Reason/ Purpose. C) Place. D) Manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Place. 12. Can adverbial phrases be used to modify adjectives? A) Adverbial phrases are not part of grammar rules. B) Adverbial phrases can only modify verbs. C) Yes, adverbial phrases can only modify adjectives. D) No, adverbial phrases cannot modify adjectives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No, adverbial phrases cannot modify adjectives. 13. Identify adverbial clause. Although we didn't have time to finish the slideshow, we still got an A on our presentation. A) Place. B) Concession. C) Reason. D) Condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concession. 14. What is the purpose of adverbial phrases? A) It makes sentences look short. B) It tells the temperature of something. C) It makes sentences look lengthy. D) It's the same thing as a noun. E) It gives information about the verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) It gives information about the verb. 15. Select the correct option:The grandmother says it will rain all night. A) Says it will rain. B) All night. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All night. 16. She woke up at 6:00 a.m. Answers the question: A) When. B) Where. C) How. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 17. We will have a test to help us practice spelling. A) When. B) How. C) Why. D) Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Why. 18. ..... the theater, we stopped at a coffee shop for a late night snack. A) Leaving. B) After leaving. C) Being left. D) Having leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After leaving. 19. Bilal failed his test, but he decided to retake on Tuesday. A) Adjective phrase. B) Adverb phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb phrase. 20. In the example: "between the chair" what is chair? A) Object of the preposition. B) Action verb. C) Direct object. D) Indirect object. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Object of the preposition. 21. Thomas was really hungry this morning, ..... he didn't eat breakfast. A) So. B) And. C) But. D) Or. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) But. 22. (now that)Robert can take his normal route to work again.The overpass has been repaired. A) Now that the overpass has been repaired, Robert can take his normal route to work again. B) Robert can take his normal route to work on the overpass. C) Robert can take his normal route to work again now that the overpass has been repaired. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Robert can take his normal route to work on the overpass. 23. Although it was raining, we went outside. Which type of adverbial clause is this? A) Condition. B) Contrast. C) Reason. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contrast. 24. Which adverbial phrase tells us WHERE something happened? A) Slowly. B) On the table. C) In the morning. D) The next day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the table. 25. We will eat dinner at 8 o'clock tonight. A) Why. B) When. C) Where. D) How. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 26. I saw Mount Rainier, the tallest mountain in the Northwest, driving down the interstate highway. A) Correct Adverbial Phrase. B) Incorrect Adverbial Phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect Adverbial Phrase. 27. Identify what kind of phrases in the underlained words below!AGIS NEEDS TO RIDE HER BIKE MUCH MORE CAREFULLY. A) ADJECTIVE PHRASE. B) ADVERBIAL PHRASE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ADVERBIAL PHRASE. 28. Con bastante facilidad A) As soon as possible. B) Quite easily. C) Right there. D) Very quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quite easily. 29. Select the correct option:Shayla and Coral were reading their books in the car. A) In the car. B) Were reading their books. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the car. 30. Which one is the sentence that has an Adverbial Phrases that tells us 'when'? A) We watch movies every weekend. B) For many times, she helps her friends. C) We passed that exam because of our hard work. D) He focuses on his study at this moment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He focuses on his study at this moment. 31. What made Oscar, for the first time, really interested in the types of things he works with? A) Some works of art he saw when he was a teenager. B) A place in Madrid that he visited with his parents. C) A vacation he spent at his grandparents' house. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Some works of art he saw when he was a teenager. 32. An adjective phrase answers the questions, "what kind?" or "which one?" As in "I bought a car in mint condition." A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 33. Find the adjectival phrase:Thompson seemed extremely happy. A) Seemed extremely. B) Thompson. C) Extremely happy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extremely happy. 34. Which word below would fit in the blank?The test ..... I didn't study for was really hard! A) That. B) While. C) Who. D) Since. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That. 35. In the sentence "She sang beautifully during the concert, " what part of speech is "beautifully" ? A) Adverb. B) Noun. C) Preposition. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb. 36. He was ..... because he couldn't find his mobile phone. A) In a panic. B) In private. C) By accident. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In a panic. 37. I can find everything I need in the supermarket A) Place (Where). B) Manner (how?). C) Time (when?). D) Frequency (how often?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Place (Where). 38. All adverbial phrases begin with a preposition. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 39. ..... color is your new car? A) Which. B) Where. C) How. D) What. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What. 40. Which word is an adverb of time? A) There. B) Loudly. C) Today. D) Quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Today. 41. Identify the adverb phrase(s) in the sentence:Leprechauns live over the rainbow. A) Leprechauns live. B) The rainbow. C) Over the rainbow. D) Live over. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over the rainbow. 42. Identify the prepositional phrase as "adjectival" or "adverbial."The road runs between a forest and the river. A) Adjectival. B) Adverbial. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverbial. 43. What are adverbial clauses connected to the main clause of a sentence using? A) Interjections. B) Coordinating conjunctions. C) Subordinating conjunctions. D) Relative pronouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subordinating conjunctions. 44. They were kept in to finish their work in the year 6 classroom.What is the longest noun phrase? A) Their work. B) They were. C) The year 6 classroom. D) Kept in to finish their work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The year 6 classroom. 45. Last year, our family traveled to Sapa by coach. A) Frequency (how often?. B) Manner (how?). C) Reason (Why). D) Time (when?). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Manner (how?). 46. Locate the adverbial phrase in:'She reads quietly in her room.' A) Reads quietly. B) Quietly reads. C) Quietly in her room. D) She reads in her room. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quietly in her room. 47. Read the sentence carefully and choose the correct answer.Phrase:at the concertWhat is the preposition in the adverbial phrase? A) Concert. B) The. C) At. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At. 48. For the next exercise, let's start by lying ..... on thefloor. A) Rough. B) Flat. C) Pretty. D) Hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flat. 49. I ..... my homework on time. A) Do always. B) Always do. C) Do never. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Always do. 50. What type of prepositional phrase is it?You can learn these phrases for yourself. A) Adjectival. B) Adverbial. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverbial. 51. His family lives ..... A) In the flat upstairs. B) In the upstairs flat. C) In the above flat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the flat upstairs. 52. My grandad almost always has chocolate. A) My grandad. B) Almost always. C) Has chocolate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Almost always. 53. Classify the phrase in bold:The students in the library are studying. A) Adjectival. B) Adverbial. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjectival. 54. Choose the adverbial phrase:I went shopping later that night. A) Went shopping. B) Later that night. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Later that night. 55. What does it mean if a phrase is described as 'neither' an adjectival nor an adverbial phrase? A) It means the phrase describes a noun. B) It means the phrase does not function to describe a noun or modify a verb, adjective, or adverb. C) It means the phrase is used to express a complete thought. D) It means the phrase modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It means the phrase does not function to describe a noun or modify a verb, adjective, or adverb. 56. ..... aren't you going to Saarth's party? A) How. B) When. C) Why. D) Where. E) What. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Why. 57. What type of phrase is it?We must finish our project before the holidays. A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb. 58. Which of the following is a prepositional phrase? A) During the movie. B) She was reading. C) Quickly runs. D) Very interestingTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) During the movie. 59. What is the difference between doing something in private and in public? A) There is no difference; both are the same. B) The difference is based on the time of day. C) The difference lies in the level of visibility and social interaction involved. D) It depends on the type of activity being performed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The difference lies in the level of visibility and social interaction involved. 60. 5 It was raining on the day of the picnic, so we didn'tgo in the end / at the end. A) In the end. B) At the end. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the end. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesAdverbial Phrase Quiz 1Adverbial Phrase Quiz 2Adverbial Phrase Quiz 3Adverbial Phrase Quiz 4Adverbial Phrase Quiz 5Adverbial Phrase Quiz 6Adverbial Phrase Quiz 7Adverbial Phrase Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books